Sorb Industri offer oversubscribed

Sorb Industri offer oversubscribed The offer to acquire shares in Sorb Industri AB was oversubscribed. Sorb Industri will be listed on the "O" List of the Stockholm Stock Exchange on May 11, 1999. Trelleborg retains 37 percent of the share capital and voting rights in the company. For further information please contact Per Lidström, President of Sorb Industri AB, phone +46 910 174 00 or Mikael Byström, the Corporate Communications Department, phone +46 410 670 37 (Mobile +46 708 55 21 69) ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/05/05/19990505BIT00100/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/05/05/19990505BIT00100/bit0002.pdf